Is Spiritomb Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Ghost/Dark with zero type weaknesses in Gen 4. Fairy doesn't exist yet, so nothing hits Spiritomb super-effectively. Found by meeting 32 underground players at the Hallowed Tower. Cynthia's Spiritomb is famous for a reason. If you get one, it handles Maylene, Fantina, and Lucian without exploitable weaknesses.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Spiritomb resists most of Fantina's coverage and hits back hard.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Spiritomb has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Spiritomb resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Spiritomb trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Spiritomb on Route 209 (interact, Lv 25, limited). Place the Odd Keystone in the Hallowed Tower on Route 209, then talk to 32 different people in the Underground.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25DarkFeint AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 25PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 31DarkSucker PunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 49DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM61FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
How to Get Spiritomb in Diamond & Pearl
Spiritomb is bound to the Hallowed Tower on one route, freed only after you chat with 32 people down in the Underground. Set the Odd Keystone, hit the count, and the forbidden Pokemon appears at level 25.
1 location to catch Spiritomb
Badge 2How to Get Spiritomb in Diamond & Pearl
How to Get Shiny Spiritomb in Diamond & Pearl
Spiritomb rises from the Hallowed Tower on Route 209, but a shiny is quicker to breed via the Masuda Method. Compare Shiny Spiritomb odds across every game
Shiny Spiritomb Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Spiritomb Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Spiritomb already selected.
Spiritomb Weakness
Spiritomb has no type weaknesses thanks to its unique defensive typing. Normal, Fighting, and Psychic moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Normal, Fighting, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Spiritomb Weak Against
FortressBest Pokemon Against Spiritomb
S | ||
Recommended Build AbilityNatural Cure ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Spiritomb View Starmie builds →Surf21-25% Thunderbolt21-25% Ice Beam21-25% | ||
S | ||
Recommended Build AbilitySand Stream ItemLum Berry NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Spiritomb View Tyranitar builds →Crunch24-29% Pursuit12-15% Stone Edge30-36% Earthquake30-36% | ||
S | ||
Recommended Build AbilityFlashfire ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Spiritomb View Heatran builds →Fire Blast30-36% | ||
A | ||
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemFocus Sash NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Spiritomb View Azelf builds →U Turn17-20% | ||
A | ||
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Spiritomb View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball29-34% | ||
Spiritomb Evolutions
Spiritomb is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through one egg group with a decent partner pool. Its eggs are slow to hatch. It's got 6 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Spiritomb easily with 31 breeding partners from the Amorphous egg group. Pass egg moves like Destiny Bond, Grudge, Imprison and 3 more to offspring.
DP Spiritomb Best Moveset
Ghost/Dark typing has zero weaknesses this generation, identical to Sableye but with much better stats. 92 in both Attack stats and 108 in both defenses make the moveset dangerous and durable. 35 Speed means going last, but nothing hits Spiritomb super-effectively.
Best Build
Spiritomb best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Will O Wisp
- Shadow Ball
- Pain Split
- Pursuit
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Destiny Bond and Grudge aren't available any other way for Spiritomb, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Dark Pulse and Shadow Ball for solid options.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
34 of 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A Pokémon that was formed by 108 spirits. It is bound to a fissure in an odd keystone.
It was bound to a fissure in an odd keystone as punishment for misdeeds 500 years ago.
Spiritomb Diamond & Pearl Guide
Spiritomb is a static encounter at Route 209 in Diamond & Pearl. Spiritomb appears at level 25. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
In Diamond & Pearl, Spiritomb plays as a trick room. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully. Pursuit is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Spiritomb pairs best with Bronzong. Bronzong has Decent synergy and covers what Spiritomb can't handle on its own.
In Diamond & Pearl, Calm is the go-to nature for Spiritomb. That's +Sp. Def / -Attack. Pair it with 248 HP / 148 Def / 112 SpD EVs. Fits the trick room role.
Game Availability
Available in 13 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Spiritomb spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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